Unread Atlas
Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 20 (P317131)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | P317131 |
| Museum no. | BM 015857 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...] 1(gesz2) 3(u) udu 2(disz) sila3 | ... 90 sheep, 2 sila3 |
| 2 | 1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3 | 5858 sheep, 1 sila3 |
| 3 | sze-bi 1(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur | its barley: 17 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 |
| 4 | lu2-ma2-gan{ki} | of Lu-Magan |
| 5 | 4(gesz2) 3(u) udu 2(disz) sila3 | 420 sheep, 2 sila3 |
| 6 | 1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3 | 155 rams, 1 sila3 (per day) |
| 7 | sze-bi 1(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur | its barley: 17 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 |
| 8 | lu2-dingir-ra | Lu-dingira |
| 9 | 6(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) udu 2(disz) sila3 | 292 sheep, 2 sila3 (= 20 sila3) |
| 10 | 1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(u) 7(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3 | 717 rams, 1 sila3 |
| 11 | sze-bi 1(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) gur | its barley: 17 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 |
| 12 | an-ne2 | An |
| 13 | 7(gesz2) udu 2(disz) sila3 | 720 sheep, 2 sila3 |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 5(u) 6(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3 | 9656 sheep, 1 sila3 (= 60 sila3) |
| 2 | sze-bi 1(u) 8(asz) 2(ban2) gur | its barley: 18 gur 2 ban2, |
| 3 | {d}nanna-si-sa2 | Nanna-sisa, |
| 4 | szunigin 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) udu 2(disz) sila3 | total: 722 sheep, 2 sila3 |
| 5 | szunigin 5(szar2) 7(gesz2) 5(u) 6(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3 | total: 576 rams, 1 sila3 |
| 6 | sze-bi 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur | its barley: 62 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 |
| 7 | udu gu7-a sza3 e2 ur-dun | fattened sheep in the house of Urdun |
| 8 | iti amar-a-a-si u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam | The month of Amar-asi, the day 28 |
| 9 | mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz-e i3-pa3 | year: “The en-priestess of Inanna of Uruk by goat was chosen. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.